From: Theo Honohan <theoh@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Cc: theoh@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Subject: Re: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Acclerator"
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:16:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E14H5wb-0004aZ-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:13:18 +0200." <20010112161318.C3199@cackle.proxima.alt.za>
Lucio De Re wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 06:06:50AM -0800, sachin.goyal@exgate.tek.com wrote:
>
> Good luck. I note that the until recently, XFree86 required a special
> compilation module to support this particular Intel chip. Seeing as
> hyper-super-duper-3D-FX-graphic capabilities serve little purpose in
> the Plan 9 world of today, reserve that particular machine for Windows
> or Linux-based games.
AIUI, The problem is that the i810 doesn't have dedicated video
memory, but is intended to share system memory. This is basically a
cost-cutting measure. The i810's memory area is addressed by using
some AGP-only features, specifically the "gart":
http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/gart/README
That's what the Linux module adds support for.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-12 15:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-12 14:06 sachin.goyal
2001-01-12 14:13 ` Lucio De Re
2001-01-12 15:16 ` Theo Honohan [this message]
2001-01-12 15:27 ` William K. Josephson
2001-01-12 16:58 Fw: " matt heath
2001-01-12 17:16 ` Boyd Roberts
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